dawkinseffect says:
Nov 29, 2011 1:21 PM
Eagles should be lower..Its time for Reid to go, I can’t take this anymore
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I completely agree. We need to ranked in the 20’s. Reid is toast if we don’t at least have an 8-8 record.

The Ravens have lost to Tenn., Jacksonville, and Seattle, while beating Pittsburgh (twice) and San Fran.

The Steelers have lost to Baltimore (twice) and the Texans, while beating New England and a bunch of slappies.

New England has lost to Buffalo (when they were good), the Giants, and the Steelers – equivilent to Baltimore’s losses and all better teams than who Pittsburgh lost to – while beating better opponents than either Baltimore or Pittsburgh.

I’d put the Niner’s at 2, New England at 3, B-more at 4, Pittsburgh at 5.

I dont get it. 49ers have a better record than all teams ahead of them with the exception of GB and yet they’re ranked lower. Their two losses came against good teams (Cowboys and Ravens). NO lost to TB who the 49ers killed and the Rams (enough said there), PIT lost twice to BAL, BAL lost to SEA… you know what, who cares we’ll see in the postseason.

dawkinseffect says:
Nov 29, 2011 1:21 PM
Eagles should be lower..Its time for Reid to go, I can’t take this anymore
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Reid is a damn good coach, it isn’t his fault the front office has a former O-line coach co-ordinating the defense, or that all of his safeties are constantly hurt, and that his team went CB crazy when they really needed a LB desperatly. Honestly who out there do you really think is a better coach than Andy Reid(That is available and will take the job)?

You’re suffering from short term, “The grass is always greener” syndrome. Get another beer and tough it out, it will pass.

I love how everybody was just waiting for the 49ers to lose to drop them way down their power rankings. A close, hard fought game three time zones away after four days of rest…yeah, seems about right that you would drop them down so far.

ENOUGH WITH THE COWHER TALK GOODNESS. Six years out of the game, overrated all along (1 Super Bowl, given by the awful officiating — IN FIFTEEN YEARS?!?!?!) and every time Tom loses this team that’s all we hear around here.

devinmr711 says:
Nov 29, 2011 1:25 PM
Way to disrespect the skins I thought they would a least go up. We cant win nothing out here.

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What, you want a cookie for the skins HOLDING ON — not manhandling — the SEABAGS? All that foolish bragging early in the season after the lucky game in Week 1 and the couple others that followed it has been reduced to this off-base whimpering from you skins fans???

BALL-SO-HARD UNIVERSITY. Finally right where we belong at #2. I’ve grown extremely tired and irate with all of these rankings on other cites placing the Steelers ahead of us, ignoring the fact that we SWEPT them.

Yet and still, it seems no football cite known to man is realistic enough to list the Patriots, Saints, and 49ers over the DARLING Steelers. Biased media never ceases to baffle me. It’s completely unfair to the aforementioned 3 teams that are better, and didn’t almost lose to Tyler Palko.

robmac33 says:
Nov 29, 2011 1:24 PM
Its TO & Ochocinco. I do not believe Randy Moss ever played a down for the Bengals.
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I know it’s worded terribly, but read it again. He’s not saying that Moss played for the Bengals, he’s saying that AJ Green is better than both TO and Moss, even though neither one is playing this year.

I expect Ravens to lose to the Browns this weekend. Browns have a good pass defense & Ravens can’t pass! Go Brownies! Oh & wasnt a choke it was a ploy to keep idiot ravens fans all night in hopes chiefs would beat us…Silly Ravens Super Bowls are for Steelers!

I actually am kinda nervous about the Ravens’ game at San Diego in a few weeks. Their best chance at winning the division and potentially getting a bye week in the playoffs is to win out. They certainly can’t afford to lose more than one more game the rest of the way since the Steelers’ schedule is super light with the exception of at San Francisco.

And once again I’m still amused that 7thlombardi mysteriously didn’t “adjust” the power rankings after the Ravens had beaten the Steelers in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago. Guess you only do that after a Steelers win there, huh?

Side note….. No team has a defense like the ravens. Lights out! 49ers are second best. None Of the teams in ur top five has a great defense except ravens.
Should be
ravens 1.
Packers 2
49ers 3
saints 4
steelers 5
All these team can beat the packers with their terrible defense!

Ravens lost to 3 of the worst teams in the league and shut down a non-existent 49ers offense. How does this justify a #2 spot? Steelers lost to the Ravens twice, and the Patriots lost to the Giants at home (who the Saints just destroyed).

Has it dawned on anyone that the AFC just sucks this year, and it’s just a bunch of mediocre teams beating each other up? Corrected rankings:
1. Packers Offense
2. Saints Offense
3. 49ers Defense
4. Everyone else

If all it took to get rid of the steelers and their annoying fans was for them to win a 7th superbowl I say we stop the season right now and give it to them. It’d be worth not having to read that dingleberry 7rings comments anymore.

The Ravens should not be number 2. Losing to Jacksonville and Seattle definately puts them behind the 49ers. Yes they beat them last week, when the 49ers had a short week and extensive travel. Factors that in please. You didnt move the Redskins when they win, why move such a good team when they barely lose in such circumstances.

“To 7thlombardiontheway: Without the refs in your last two SBs, you would be called 5thlombardiontheway.”

Let’s be clear, you mean their last two Super Bowl victories because I seem to remember a certain green and gold team going through them during game 6 of their current 17 game winning streak thus preventing said 7th Lombardi from arriving in Pittsburgh.

dawkinseffect says:
Nov 29, 2011 1:21 PM
Eagles should be lower..Its time for Reid to go, I can’t take this anymore
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Reid is a damn good coach, it isn’t his fault the front office has a former O-line coach co-ordinating the defense, or that all of his safeties are constantly hurt, and that his team went CB crazy when they really needed a LB desperatly. Honestly who out there do you really think is a better coach than Andy Reid(That is available and will take the job)?

You’re suffering from short term, “The grass is always greener” syndrome. Get another beer and tough it out, it will pass.

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I do need a beer..or maybe a Keg for the rest of the season. I just want it to end so I can start complaining about how bad the Eagles draft

imho, there would be merit to ranking a few more of the teams in an order that was inconsistent with their current win/loss records. It would make the rankings more interesting from an intellectual viewpoint.

For example, Chicago and Texas seem high given the injuries at QB. The Giants seem high given the most recent trend. The Lions could be too high depending on whether Matthew Stafford’s broken finger is really an issue, or not …. because that finger isn’t going to get better by next Sunday.

Maybe I have the wrong impression, but I think this ranking is based on the team’s strength right now, not a season-long impression nor a prediction of what that team might become once an injury or a suspension problem is resolved.

Two days to prepare and a day to travel 3,000 miles across the country to face one of the elite teams at their stadium. I don’t think even the Packers could have won given those circumstances. The Niners did and we free fall in the power rankings?

The 49ers had 1 bad game and they plummet to 6!?!?!? They have the 2nd best record in the NFL. I don’t understand the logic…..Yes. Alex Smith only threw for 90 yards but they lost due to the injuries to Bruce Miller and Adam Snyder which broke up the pass protection. The ticky tack call on the TD was a crusher. We will continue to win and A. Smith will get better! They will recover and will get a 1st rd bye! #49er nation!

I honestly couldn’t tell you where all of these teams should be ranked at this point. Almost everyone in the top 10 (except Green Bay) seems to be involved in random wins and losses that can’t possibly churn out a reasonable prediction that the majority of people here would agree with (all team biases aside).

However… I really want to know why/how the Steelers are ranked so high. The Steelers have lost to the Ravens twice (with week 1 being a blowout) and Houston.. and they’ve won against Seattle, Arizona, and Tennessee, and BARELY won against Indy (0-11), Jacksonville (3-8), Kansas City (4-7), Cincinnati (7-4), and New England (8-3), in a game where the Patriots played horribly and they should have blown them out of the water.

Much like in the early 1990s when the Cowboys and 49ers meet in the NFC Championship every year it was considered the real Super Bowl. This year the real Super Bowl is when the Packers and Saints play in the NFC championship. The eventual AFC champ is nothing more than a sacrificial lamb in Super Bowl 46

Hook me up with your paypal account – I’ll bet you $1,000 that even if Shanny loses the REST of the games this year, he’ll still be back next year AND the 2 years after that. He’s gonna get his full 5 years. I’ll bet you anything you want.

Oh, and of course the Skins are 9 spots lower than the team they just beat on the road with the same record, a week after losing to Dallas in OT… but whatever.

In all fairness the baltimore browns are the most unintelligent, delusional, hypocritical fan base in the world! And sometimes we feel the need to dumb down our posts just so the idiot raven fans can even read them!

linkinxr says:
Nov 29, 2011 1:54 PM
Side note….. No team has a defense like the ravens. Lights out! 49ers are second best. None Of the teams in ur top five has a great defense except ravens.
Should be
ravens 1.
Packers 2
49ers 3
saints 4
steelers 5
All these team can beat the packers with their terrible defense!
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We beat the Saints……….. You don’t have to have the best defense the to win a championship. Just need to outscore your opponent.

Last week after beating the Bengals, the Ravens were begrugingly ranked at 6(3 spots behind the steelers whom they have not only beaten twice but were also on a bye that week). In fact it was even predicted here that “turkeys might not be the only birds getting stuffed on Thanksgiving”. Well as we all know that didn’t happen so you can imagine the dilemma. “How do we move the Ravens up with out dropping the precious steelers, even after their shakey win and bye?” The Pats and Saints won so we can’t move them. The answer, flip-flop the 9ers and Ravens…problem solved.

Steelers Will putting it in perspective. I have to know what the true hatrid for the Steelers is though. Call me biased but I was born here and live in the Southside of the city. Maybe not the cleanest, friendliest, or prettiest of all towns but better than most I feel. Seriously though what is the beef with our squad? We have players like everyone else that bring negativity to their ball club. Is it that we win alot and continue to have these negative actions committed by our players?
Sorry man I dont get it I love watching our guys play, and I also enjoy watching jsut about every other team play as well.. Just enlighten me please.

The Giants lose to the 49ers on the last drive of the game. They lose to the Eagles on the last drive of the game. They get handled by the Saints (right now, not many wouldn’t get handled), and you drop them below the Jets?

Packers are undoubtedly the best team in the NFL,but its hard to say 2 -5, Saints,Ravens,Pats,Niners,and Steelers could all be in the debate. However their are no dominant teams,outside of Wisconsin. This year is a year of the have and the have nots. Their are more bad teams than good and I don’t predict too many surprise stories in the playoffs(outside of the Frisco.) Detroit,Cincy and Buffalo were great early season stories who are on the down-slide.

I don’t get the commentary about the Jaguars. Why wouldn’t they be a coveted spot for a coach. They already have a top 5 defense and a great running game. All they need is non-awful quarterback play and they’ll be a contender. They are an up and coming team that any new coach would be set up to win for the foreseeable future.

31. Rams (No. 31; 2-9): Is it possible for the offensive rookie of the year to become a bust?
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I know the season hasn’t been too good for Bradford and us Rams, and instead of listing logical reasons as to why that is, here’s the real reason: Marshall Faulk is on the cover of the Madden 12 Hall of Fame edition, and has effectively cursed the whole team until next season.

Thanks for stating the obvious after my tongue in cheek post. I don’t get a paycheck from the Eagles and am quite successful at what I do, so I don’t consider myself a choke artist. Do you base your own self worth on the accomplishments of a sports team that you follow?